So I moved into my house last summer about 11 months ago, and at the time the pool was clearish with debris on the ground. I didn't use it, and it was winterized and left without a cover since last Oct. Now when I first started adding chemicals to my pool it was swamp green, 1000s of tadpoles, frogs, ducks, the whole 9 yards. I've since added 3-4 1 .lb bags of shock at night time only to find by the next evening my chlorine was gone. My pool gets a lot of sun. I went to a pool store, bought a bunch of $$$ worth of chemicals and added a 5-gal liquid chlorine jug as well as an entire bottle of algaecide to my pool. It turned pretty blue by the next day but was very cloudy. I let the pump run 24/7 pretty much since I started. The pool eventually just goes green again. I try to blind vacuum and my vacuum keeps getting clogged up with dead leaves. I scrub it and use a skimmer net to clean the top out. I've done a lot of research online and switched to the BBB method. I also bought myself a test kit. I'm wondering if perhaps my sand filter isn't working properly. It starts around 14-15 PSI and gets up to around 20 in which case I backwash it back down to 15. I do this once a day. I've been seeing online that it's better to let the pressure buildup so that finer algae particles are caught in the filter. When I saw that my CYA level was 28 I added just a small amount of conditioner to get it up over 30. I just added 242 oz of the 6% bleach earlier, ran a test 6 hrs later to see my FC was only pushed up from .5 to 2 after being 5.5 yesterday. I'm about to add another 121 oz. I also just added some D.E. to my sand filter through the skimmer mixed with water and water clarifier. If this doesn't do the job, I really have no idea what to do. If you can help me I would greatly appreciate any advice! Here are the details:
16x32 Oval Above Ground
Approx 12,000 gals
Hayward Sand Filter (24 in??)
Hayward 1.5 HP Pump
Test Readings:
Sand Filter normal PSI - 15, gets up to 20
FC - 2.0
PH - 7.4
ALK - 130
CYA - 28
16x32 Oval Above Ground
Approx 12,000 gals
Hayward Sand Filter (24 in??)
Hayward 1.5 HP Pump
Test Readings:
Sand Filter normal PSI - 15, gets up to 20
FC - 2.0
PH - 7.4
ALK - 130
CYA - 28